Heck, Americans practically invented guerrilla warfare.
The interesting thing to me from the Times piece was the network aspect of guerilla war. While Washington, as I recall, retreated and retreated, and then suddenly attacked from unexpected locations, this warfare looks different. Flat command structures rather than hierarchical ones; high tech communications devices; weapons left in combat locations (tunnels, caves, etc.) and then taken up by guerillas as they arrive. So, in this latter case, you have unarmed guerillas moving through populations, obviously, looking precisely like the population, who become armed once they reach battle locations. Etc.
I agree with the notion of population support.
One of the quotes near the end of that piece, at least I think it was that piece, is that we are back to the "hearts and minds" time. I don't think we should ever have left it. |
